Charles Gounod — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Charles Gounod — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Charles Gounod

12 episodes

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12

Total castaways

1980s

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5

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Castaways who chose this

Antony Sher
Billy Russell
Countess Elizabeth Longford
Frances Edmonds
Frances Perry
Frank McCourt
Joan Baez
Jon Vickers
Mary Wilson
Rosamond Lehmann
T C Fairbairn
Terry Wogan

Countess Elizabeth Longford
Elizabeth Longford on her mother fighting a swan at Regent's Park Lake
Castaway · 23 June 2002Sue Lawley
Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt on writing his earliest memory in the present tense
Castaway · 17 June 2001Sue Lawley

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Most requested
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Broadcasting since 1942
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An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Joan Baez on first seeing Bob Dylan at Gertie's Folk City

Castaway · 20 June 1993Sue Lawley

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Terry Wogan

Terry Wogan on why he'd be dead within two weeks on a desert island

Castaway · 9 October 1988Michael Parkinson

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Antony Sher

Antony Sher on the rejection that made him determined to be an actor

Castaway · 6 December 1987Michael Parkinson

Frances Edmonds

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Frances Edmonds

How a two-book deal for Phil Edmonds started his wife's writing career

Castaway · 9 August 1987Michael Parkinson

Rosamond Lehmann

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Rosamond Lehmann

Rosamond Lehmann on the psychic experiences after her daughter's death

Castaway · 13 November 1982Roy Plomley

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Frances Perry

Frances Perry on falling headfirst into a tub of liquid manure at 18 months

Castaway · 22 March 1980Roy Plomley

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T C Fairbairn

T C Fairbairn on driving a crane as his first job

Castaway · 18 May 1974Roy Plomley

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Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson on building a giant signal fire from leaves and sticks

Castaway · 10 March 1969Roy Plomley

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Billy Russell

How a precocious little brat got Billy Russell into show business

Castaway · 7 October 1968Roy Plomley

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Jon Vickers

Jon Vickers on the ball he bounced on a nail that his father thought he'd broken on purpose

Castaway · 23 March 1968Roy Plomley